If the grand strategy is based on resisting the beast tide with all its might, this is very suitable, but resisting the beast tide here in Austin is just doing its best, if it is really a torrent of steel, the human race is basically scattered, at this time, you need to go on and slowly upgrade your weapons.

"This, the weapon upgrade is indeed imminent, first pay you a part temporarily, and I'll figure out the rest. Austin hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind.

Because Austin's grand strategy did not inform Karen who has been in the laboratory, Karen is very curious why His Highness hesitates, at this time, it is appropriate to increase the power even if it consumes some materials. However, out of trust in Austin, he didn't question anything, just nodded and left.

In fact, since all the people around him moved to the town, the consumption of materials has exceeded Austin's initial expectations, mainly because the population is much larger than he imagined at the beginning, of course, this is a good thing, after all, it is really because of the concentration of a large number of people, so his large-scale project construction can be faster than expected. It's just that the preparation of materials is insufficient, although it has begun to be raised, but at this time, all forces are hoarding materials to fight against the beast tide, and if they want to raise a large amount of materials, they can't do it with money.

Thinking of this, Austin smiled bitterly, the skills of the personnel on his side are more extreme, and the top one is Kalian, who does not have any chemical and physical foundation, but he can improve gunpowder by feeling. However, except for Kalian, the rest of the people have no problem making things, but they lack the ability to innovate, and they just want to improve a furnace, and they actually wait until the gunpowder is improved, and the furnace is not yet good. Although Karen is doing things too fast, it is also the reason why they have not made progress.

If the furnace is not improved, after all, many things are based on smelting technology, and in his own era, the importance of basic materials has been demonstrated, and he has relied on this to really counterattack his enemy. It's a pity that no matter how I thought about it at the time, I didn't expect that I would have such a day, otherwise I would really learn this, after all, those experts will not hide from themselves, and they will answer all questions.

However, even if I asked at that time, I would not ask how basic materials such as iron and steel were smelted at low temperatures, but more rare materials. How to make a metal tube that can withstand the firing of gunpowder, so that you can make a firebolt, a cannon. With these, the tactics on his side can be regarded as getting rid of complete white-knuckle combat.

If it's just a matter of money, it's really not difficult, but now there is no clue about the matter of the furnace and the smelting of metal, and the beast tide is not much time away from now, if it can't be completed this month, it will be delayed for a while, I am afraid that it will be too late for such a large-scale weapon upgrade. It's okay to say about the time, but in this case, the material consumption is a little too much, and I'm afraid that it won't be enough at that time.

Sure enough, in the long run, some of the gold coins are left for later use, and the rest of the materials are all purchased in this way, but the specific materials to buy are the main reasons why there is no way to do so.

In addition to food, what is needed to be tuned, sulfur and the like have now been purchased, after all, the consumption of gunpowder is very large. Except for these materials that are definitely needed, the others are uncertain, and they dare not easily waste the already strained finances.

It's better to refrain from it, although I don't know if there is a future, but, at least at this time, we shouldn't gamble on the possibility of future victory, in case the beast tide is not as mysterious as the legend, it is a group of beasts migrating, and now all the belongings are spent, then it will be a loss.

After some deliberation, Austin called Hubbard over.

"Your Highness, do you have anything to do with me?" Hubbard asked curiously, at this time, he had already begun to prepare for refuge, and he was mainly in charge of the collection of the Chamber of Commerce, so he hadn't seen Austin for a long time, and His Highness's task for himself was basically to buy some supplies and see himself in person, what could this be?

"Hubbard, we need a lot of supplies to upgrade our weapons. How many materials do we have in stock, and how much time will it take to collect them?" Austin said as he gave Hubbard a list of things listed by Kalian, and Austin filled in some of them himself.

After Hubbard saw it, he took a breath of cold air, subconsciously shook his head and said, "At least a month." ”

"A week, a week at most, any more, it's too variable. I'll give you a week's time, supplies, and prepare as much as you can in this week. By the way, it's best to be well prepared, we don't have a chance to resist the beast tide, we just do our best. Austin said.

Hubbard asked, "Your Highness, our weapons are so powerful, don't we have any chance of winning?"

"I think there is still a chance to win, otherwise why resist here. But the odds of victory are really not good, and the current weapons are still too rudimentary. Of course, Austin said, the main reason for the poor weapons is that the time is too short, and the gunpowder has only been developed for three months. There are so many kinds of thermal weapons, which is beyond Austin's imagination.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will do my best to get everything on the list ready. Hubbard said.

"Thank you Hubbard, although we have gained considerable wealth through the sale of weapons with other forces, in order not to reveal our identities before, we have always been careful not to expose our identities, and this time we can't care so much, even if we expose our identities, it doesn't matter. Austin said.

"Yes," Hubbard said, and immediately left.

At this time, Austin couldn't help but rub his head and said with a wry smile: "I feel a little unbearable, gunpowder, firearms, artillery, muskets, cannons, guns, machine guns, boats, trains, cars, airplanes, if I remember correctly, it should be developed in this order, but unfortunately, there should be no way to do this now." ”

Although the principle of the steam engine was handed over to Karen very early, there has been no time for people to study, this thing, even if it is studied, as a combat force, it is useless, to be honest, large steam engines can mass-produce muskets, but, if you want to get it, the requirements of metal should not be under the musket, too much delay, this is the development of no industrial base, too slow.